Paramount+ Orders Viola Davis Corporate Fixer Thriller ‘Ascent’
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Paramount+ has greenlit the thriller series *Ascent*, starring Academy Award winner Viola Davis. Davis will portray Catriona Vail, an elite corporate fixer operating within the high-stakes and dangerous world of global crisis management and damage control.
In the series, Vail is forced to weaponize her ruthless professional skills to confront a deeply personal challenge: saving her estranged daughter.
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Variety (US)Focuses on the corporate crisis setting and the protagonist's professional fixer background.
The Hollywood Reporter (US)Highlights Davis's Oscar-winning status and the personal storyline involving her estranged daughter.
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